Data Modeling in Power BI: Schemas, Relationships, and Joins Explained

Learning Power BI was a very exciting part of this journey, and my first time on model view almost changed that. I genuinely had no idea what I was looking at. But with good tutoring, practice, and patience, I finally got the hang of it. Almost... With every wall or obstacle hit, I write about it for the next person and for my deeper understanding. This is data modeling as how I understand it.

What Is Data Modeling?

Data modeling is the process of creating visual representations of the connections between data structures, with information about the individual attributes contained within those data structures.

In simple terms, a data model answers three questions: